Sharp PC-3000
The Sharp PC-3000 was an MS-DOS-based palmtop computer introduced in 1991.1993 in Japan{{cite web
|url=http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/co64145/sharp-pc-3000-palm-top-computer-palmtop-computer
|title=Sharp PC-3000 palm top computer}} The "SPC" was designed and developed by Distributed Information Processing Research Ltd. ("DIP") in the UK. DIP had earlier designed the Atari Portfolio and the two machines shared many design features both in hardware and software.
Features
As with desktop IBM PCs, this one-pound device's{{cite magazine |magazine=PC Magazine
|author=John C. Dvorak |date=January 1992 |title=Sharp PC-3000 |url=http://www.verycomputer.com/25_ca7326a3a9406c30_1.htm}}
"It is described as "a 1-pound clone of the. Poqet". screen displayed 80-column 25 lines.{{cite magazine |magazine=Computerworld |date=October 21, 1991 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RtUfTmEkl6IC |title=Sharp PC-3000}}
=Peripherals=
The machine was one of the first to support the PC card interface, at the time known as PCMCIA.
Printers, floppy drives, dial-up modems, Fax modems were among the supported peripheral devices.
=System software=
Choice were MS-DOS 3.3 and Microsoft Windows 3.0 (running in real mode with a mouse).{{cite web
|url=http://home.freeuk.com/hieroglyph/pc3story.htm
|title=See just how Wonderful and Versatile the SHARP PC 3000 Palmtop really is}}
=Application software=
The machine came with a suite of built in application providing a simple word processor, calculator and 1-2-3 compatible spreadsheet.
With some tweaking, it was also possible to run WordPerfect, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel.
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Notes and references
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Category:Computer-related introductions in 1991
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